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Copper Fox Rye Whisky
(0.75l, 45%)
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A rare pearl for Rye Whiskey devotees.
After spending 6 months in Scotland working as an apprentice at Bowmore distilleries, Rick Wasmund returned to the U.S. in 2000, full of energy, ideas, and skill, to open up the Copper Fox Distillery in Sperryville, a small village in the Virginia countryside. True to his education he chose to use the Scottish spelling Whisky for his spirits instead of the American Whiskey.
The Copper Fox distillery is special for a few reasons. For one, they uniquely use apple wood and cherry wood to dry the malted grain and malted barley—with the smoke of selected, smouldering fruitwoods instead of peat as is done in Scotland. Secondly, they are the only distillery in the U.S. to malt their own grain and barley, in a traditional and “low tech” way. And finally, they use progressive aging method, where they introduce toasted apple and oak into the barrel to accelerate the aging and give the Whisky unusual and new flavor dimensions.
Copper Fox Rye Whisky is a Rye Whiskey, which is double-pot stilled and progressively aged for 15-20 months using apple wood toasted chips inside a used Bourbon barrel. The mash bill is 66% Virginia Rye, and 33% Virginia Thoroughbred hand-malted barley, kiln dried with apple wood and cherry wood smoke.
After spending 6 months in Scotland working as an apprentice at Bowmore distilleries, Rick Wasmund returned to the U.S. in 2000, full of energy, ideas, and skill, to open up the Copper Fox Distillery in Sperryville, a small village in the Virginia countryside. True to his education he chose to use the Scottish spelling Whisky for his spirits instead of the American Whiskey.
The Copper Fox distillery is special for a few reasons. For one, they uniquely use apple wood and cherry wood to dry the malted grain and malted barley—with the smoke of selected, smouldering fruitwoods instead of peat as is done in Scotland. Secondly, they are the only distillery in the U.S. to malt their own grain and barley, in a traditional and “low tech” way. And finally, they use progressive aging method, where they introduce toasted apple and oak into the barrel to accelerate the aging and give the Whisky unusual and new flavor dimensions.
Copper Fox Rye Whisky is a Rye Whiskey, which is double-pot stilled and progressively aged for 15-20 months using apple wood toasted chips inside a used Bourbon barrel. The mash bill is 66% Virginia Rye, and 33% Virginia Thoroughbred hand-malted barley, kiln dried with apple wood and cherry wood smoke.
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Category
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StyleRye Whiskey
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RegionVirginia
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CountryUnited States
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Alcohol45%
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Distillery
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Age1 Year Old
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MaturationProgressive - apple and oak chips
Flavor Spiral™
About The Flavor Spiral
pepper
almonds
apple
cinnamon
raisin
caramel
sweet
spicy
floral
What does Copper Fox Rye Whisky taste like?
The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in Copper Fox Rye Whisky and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in Copper Fox Rye Whisky and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
Tasting Notes
Appearance / Color
Bright amber.
Smell / Nose / Aroma
Sherry, plum wine, Appple-pie, cinnamon, raisin toast, and a bit of caramel.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Toasted almond, pepper, flowery, and with an increased sweetness.
Finish
Medium-long, spicy, with a slighty bitter-apple aftertaste.
Comment
Progressive ageing - interesting on the taste buds.
Bright amber.
Smell / Nose / Aroma
Sherry, plum wine, Appple-pie, cinnamon, raisin toast, and a bit of caramel.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Toasted almond, pepper, flowery, and with an increased sweetness.
Finish
Medium-long, spicy, with a slighty bitter-apple aftertaste.
Comment
Progressive ageing - interesting on the taste buds.
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Ratings & Reviews
Todd,
Complex, smoky flavor. Unexpected, but good.
Shaun,
I swung by their location in Williamsburg, and had the opportunity to run down the whole line.
The beginnings of a delicious rye are in this bottle, but it doesn't have the balance dialed in. This is a common issue through their "lower level" whiskeys where the smoke overpowers the rest of the flavors.
Copper Fox gets it right in the Cognac finished edition which is really tasty. It was much more expensive though.
Daniel,
Delicious rye. Hint of fruit smoke
Adam,
I normally like my rye neat. This one was good but needed an ice cube. Mellowed it right out
Craig,
I thought this sample had been mis-shipped: I was sure it was scotch. The smoke is so overwhelming I couldn't get past it to the other flavors. I'll bet if this was sent with a scotch sampler no one would figure out it's a rye.
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